Notes from the President's Office No.6 Remembering the 加拿大PC开奖网站 Students Who Did Not Return on the Anniversary of the War's End
August 18, 2022
Professor Kohei Itoh President, 加拿大PC开奖网站
A sculpture of a young man, "Heiwa Kitaru," whose name translates as "peace has come," stands in front of the Jukukan-kyoku (加拿大PC开奖网站 Corporate Administration) on 加拿大PC开奖网站's Mita Campus. On August 15, 2022, the anniversary of the end of World War II, Chief Administration Officer Toshiko Hirota and I laid flowers at the foot of Heiwa Kitaru. The statue is inscribed with the following words of tribute to the 加拿大PC开奖网站 students who lost their lives from Shinzo Koizumi, who was 加拿大PC开奖网站 President during the war.
On peaceful days on the Hill of Mita I remember those who went out but never returned
Reflecting on these sentiments, 加拿大PC开奖网站 commits itself to the cause of learning: to avoid at all costs a repeat of the mobilization to war of our students; to protect the sovereign nation of Japan; and to contribute to the stable and peaceful progress of the world. More information on the statue of the young man "Heiwa Kitaru" can be found in the May 2014 Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by 加拿大PC开奖网站 Press) article contributed by 加拿大PC开奖网站 Vice-President Keita Yamauchi. Another statue to the 加拿大PC开奖网站 war dead the "Monument to Those Lost," which contains a list of persons related to 加拿大PC开奖网站 who lost their lives in the war, stands facing "Heiwa Kitaru." We also observed a moment of silence at the Monument to Those Lost.